SAN DIEGO (AP)--The San Diego Chargers are on a four-game losing
strea for the first time since 2003. Oakland's Michael Bush,
subbing for injured running back Darren McFadden, ran for 157 yards
and a touchdown as the Raiders upset the Chargers 24-17 to take
over first place in the AFC West.
NEW YORK (AP) - NBA players broke off negotiations with the
league Thursday night, saying there had not been enough progress to
get a deal done to end the lockout. The league offered the players
a revised offer after nearly 11 hours of bargaining, but union
president Derek Fisher said it wasn't enough to get a deal done.
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) - Tom Bradley, a loyal assistant who has
played and worked for fired Penn State coach Joe Paterno the past
35 years, held his first practice as interim head coach yesterday.
Saying "Coach Paterno has meant more to me than anyone except my
father," Bradley is trying to get the 12th-ranked and 8-1 Nittany
Lions ready to play 19th-ranked Nebraska in Happy Valley on
Saturday.
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) - Penn State says assistant coach Mike
McQueary won't work the Nittany Lions game on Saturday because
"multiple threats" have been made against him. McQueary testified
to a grand jury that he encountered Jerry Sandusky in the Penn
State showers with a 10-year-old boy in 2002 and later told Joe
Paterno of the incident, but nothing was pursued.
CORONADO, Calif. (AP) - The aircraft carrier that buried Osama
bin Laden at sea is ready for the first college basketball game to
be played on an active flat top. The USS Carl Vinson will be the
setting for Michigan State against No. 1 North Carolina for the
approximately 7,000 in the Veterans Day crowd, including President
Barack Obama and a national TV audience tonight.
